San Carlos, CA — Alliance Memory has brought on TJ Mueller as its vice president of marketing. In the role, Mr. Mueller will be responsible for positioning the company for growth in new markets, bolstering its product offering and establishing relationships with leading-edge semiconductor companies. Mr. Mueller ...

Milwaukie, OR — Paul Austen, senior project engineer at ECD, has contributed to and was a member of the committee that wrote the IPC-7530 "Guidelines for Temperature Profiling for Mass Soldering Processes (Reflow and Wave)," and IPC-7801 "Reflow Oven Process Control Standard," and also shared his expertise ...

Plymouth, WI — Kurtz Ersa North America has hired Luis Lujan as its machine division district sales manager for the Maquiladora territory of Mexico, which consists of the country's northern states. Mr. Lujan most recently held the position of sales manager at ASYS and has a great deal of sales experience from ...

Hampstead, NH — Excelsys Technologies has appointed Anil Kurugode as its regional sales manager for the U.S. Southwest and Mountain regions. Mr. Kurugode comes to the company from Astrodyne TDI where he held the position of regional sales manager in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Excelsys is committed to providing ...

Meridian, OH — Computrol is welcoming the return of Farid Anani, who has taken a position at the company as vice president of operations. Mr. Anani previously led the company's engineering and production groups for more than 10 years. He has held several positions in customer experience management over the ...

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada — President of FRAMOS Technologies Sebastien Dignard has been announced by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal as one of the city's 2017 Forty Under 40. The prestigious business award recognizes accomplished and rising business leaders under the age of 40. ...

Irvine, CA — International Polymer Solutions (IPS) has hired Bret Stokes as its new regional sales manager for the U.S. Central and Mountain regions. Mr. Stokes' extensive experience in high-purity fluid handling, as well as regional distribution and product manufacturing, is expected to be a great benefit ...

Mansfield, TX — Mouser Electronics has promoted Mark Burr-Lonnon to the position of senior vice president of global service and EMEA and APAC businesses. Since he moved to Mouser from the its parent company TTI, Mr. Burr-Lonnon has led Mouser's global management team. He is largely responsible for planning ...

Scottsdale, AZ — NAI has appointed Jason E. Porter director of engineering and continuous improvement. Mr. Porter has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, sales, manufacturing, and strategic planning for global operations and markets. He comes to the company from PKC Group where he was the director ...

Rolling Meadows, IL — Brent Fischthal, senior marketing manager of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America, has been elected to the board of directors of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association International (MESA). MESA International is a global, not-for-profit community of manufacturers ...

Reading, UK — Stadium Group has hired Tim Taylor as its new vice president of sales. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Taylor will represent all three Stadium Group technology product businesses in North American and Canada, covering connectivity, power and HMI. In his new role, Mr. Taylor will work closely ...

Austin, TX — VirTex has promoted Gary Heimlich to the position of materials manager. After bringing him on in April 2016 as a program manager, the company has quickly moved him through the ranks. The promotion comes as the VirTex team is currently working with its OEM clients to review their supply chain management ...

Suwanee, GA — ASM SMT Solutions has named Josef Ernst its new vice president of customer relationship management. Mr. Ernst succeeds Ray Bruce, who retired in 2017 after many years as a highly respected expert who has been an instrumental figure in the industry. Mr. Ernst has been with ASM for more than 20 ...

Phoenix, AZ — Avnet has promoted Lou Lutostanski to vice president of Internet of Things (IoT), effective immediately. Mr. Lutostanski will report directly to Pete Bartolotta, Avnet's chief transformation officer. In his new role, Mr. Lutostanski will strengthen Avnet's IoT strategy and further the company ...

Cork, Ireland — Excelsys Technologies' Gary Duffy has retired from the position of CEO. Having undertaken an extensive interview and selection process, the company has appointed Conor Duffy to take over. Gary will remain as a special advisor to Excelsys in support of the transition to the new CEO, and will ...

Melbourne, FL — MC Assembly has hired veteran supply chain professional Richard Kelly as its new vice president of supply chain. Mr. Kelly will be responsible for providing leadership in expanding MC Assembly's network of partners and improving supply chain tools to increase value to customers. According to ...

Nauen, Germany — Annette Burczyk and Dr. Thorsten Teutsch have taken over executive management of the PacTech Group. Heinrich Lu?deke, who has been the CEO since 2013, stepped down at the end of March and will return to his former employer NAGASE GmbH. Ms. Burczyk has more than 26 years of experience in taxation ...

Buffalo, NY — Tapecon, Inc. has promoted Jeff Davis to the position of customer service manager. Mr. Davis joined the company in 2011 as a project coordinator, then moved into a quality technician role. In 2014, he became a customer service representative and advanced to customer service supervisor in 2016 ...

Fort Worth, Texas — TTI, Inc., has promoted Gary Wash to the newly created position of corporate director, global trade compliance and transportation. Mr. Wash has served as director of trade compliance for TTI for the past nine years. Mr. Wash brings extensive experience and an understanding of trade compliance ...